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It's a bug. It doesn't jibe with the count shown on your flair, or next to your name at the top of the screen.

If the intention is to represent the number of badge types you've managed to obtain, then it should say that (but I doubt that was the intent - the old page had exactly the same wording, but counted properly).

I wasn't referring to the "how many of each next to the specific badge" feature; that feature one was in the old profile page design. I'm only referring to the badge count I circled with a nice red freehand circle in the screenshot.
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DanielNov 26 '11 at 22:35

Yep - I saw that. Seems much clearer this way - 61 different types of badges. And if you want to know how many in total, you just add up the individual ones.
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Rory AlsopNov 27 '11 at 11:18

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Eh... If you want to count types, multiply rows by columns - 52 to a page, etc. That's quite a bit faster than sitting there adding up all the xN values.
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Shog9♦Nov 27 '11 at 17:13

now I'm puzzled - I wouldn't want to add up total badges - it has them on my flair. So at a glance on flair I know my total, and on this page I have the total types. Simple.
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Rory AlsopNov 27 '11 at 17:17